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Newly-released dash cam footage from the November 24th traffic stop shows Trooper Bryan Guill pulling over a speeding motorist on I-80 and letting him go in just a few seconds.

The video shows Guill in pursuit and catching up with the driver a minute and a half later.

The driver off-duty Iowa State Patrol Captain Ken Clary. After he's pulled over, Clary wastes no time getting out of the vehicle. The two shake hands and share a few words.

Not even 40 seconds later, he's back on the road.

A former Des Moines police chief said troopers and officers have a great deal of discretion when it comes to traffic stops.

"The objective of course, is to slow the person down, keep them within the speed limit and if in the officer's estimation, whether it's another police officer or citizen or whomever they stop, if they think the warning will probably be sufficient then their judgment is valued and they issue the warning,” said Bill Moulder, former police chief of the Des Moines Police Department.

Guill did not issue a Clary ticket, nor did he file a report about the incident.

Six weeks after the traffic stop, and an internal investigation, the Iowa Department of Public Safety issued Clary a $260 speeding ticket.

Neither trooper was suspended during the internal investigation. At the time, Clary wasn't driving his personal vehicle but a Special Olympics SUV.